The Republican journal., 1887-10-27
News Of the Oranges,

Equity Grange of Belfast, will have its annual
fair next Wednesday evening
County Deputy A. ]. Brown, of Belfast is doing
good work among the Oranges of Waldo county
The National Grange meets In Lansing, Mlchi-
gan. November 9th, and will probably continue in
session two weeks
Bro. Whitehead is making il leculing tour of
the far western States, and speaking to large AMI
interested audiences.
Every county should make strong intelligent
and persistent efforts to rcorganize their dormant
oranges and to strengthen the weak ones
The gains in membership this year will be abnu,
| the same as those Of last year The work must h.
pushed another year to ensure best results
u. NJ. Hall, formerly proprietor of the priso
Rural and cN seer etary of the State Grange and
his wife, present Flora of the State Grange, have
gone west.
| Harvest feast and good time is expected at
the Grange hall, Prospect, next Saturday evening
All are invited. A. l. Brown, county deputy will
probably be present.
The reaper death has been busy the past year in
the ranks Of the patrons and some hundred
and fifty have Identified from the grange below to
join the grange above.
The next meeting of the Maine State Grange
will be held in Cohurn Hall, skowhcgan, Dee. 20
and p a new board of officers is to be elected
and the session will be one of much interest
State Lecturer d. II. Thing is at work in Wash.
inston county. lie spoke several times in pcnob-
scot county en- route. 1t is hoped several new
/ oranges may be instituted in Washington county
| this fall and winter.
The oranges have been to the front this fail at
the fairs. Many have held fairs of their own
Sidney, Albion and Nassalboro Oranges exhibited
at The North Kennebec county fair; East Auburn
and Turner Oranges at the State fair Topshau
and Merrymeetins at Sagadahoc county fair. Of
these the Bath Sentinel saws:
The best exhibits made by grange WAS Lv
Mcrrymeeting Grange, Of BoWIoinham, and to
gether with Topsham Grange occupied uli ono
Side of the hall. The specimens were splcudjd
cN1lblts, resulting from the good works of the
grange, inc iea,ling farmers of which are f. $.
Lang and j. p. Cobb, who raised this wear eight
tons OF squash, and is successful orchard man
Mayy ep f'i1 Gngnish Dig lot Of apples also j H.
and Kendall Bros. The exhibits included turnin-
neets, big onions, good looking potatoes and ever,
thing that is raised by the thrifty Maine farmer
aid put up by the housewife. one of the exhibit;
Of Mcrrymeeting Grange was a bale of hay, ana
1t is safe to assert that it is the first bale of hay
ever eNhlhlted at Iopsham, at least the first ever
na',e IN long time One goes to Il fair in the
south and he sees Il big exhibit of cotton, their
principal product; in Illinois, corn, and in Mime
sofa wheat, but the principal crop of Maine, hat,
Is ignored at the fair, The crop of hay in Maine
IN 1857 IS valued at Slo,Oo0,oo0 Topsliam grange
made Dig exhibit. and a show case of butter ard
pastr! made by the ''Women folks" was a good ex-
nht. The leading farmers of Sagadahoc are
mos. F; ,spragne, who leads the Topsiam grange
exhibit W. ). Rogers, Z. L. Patten, T. F. simpson
and john Moody. The society through its com
mlt!ee awarded S36 to be divided by the two
oranges as premiums.